"Chris? Artemis? You're alive!" A voice chirped and clapped their hands.

Artemis lifted her eyelids slowly as she scanned the room to see she was on a hospital bed... Only she wasn't in the hospital, she could definitely tell she was in a more private place.

"You— How dare you kidnap me." Artemis growled as she sat up and glared at the kid in front of her with fox eyes.

"Um, Minho! I'm going to need you to come and handle this, I'm scared this woman is going to crush my guts." The boy whimpered as he ran out the room.

She rolled her eyes in annoyance as she looked to her left and spot the one and only guy who got her in this situation.

Chris.

"You have some nerve for scaring off a member from my team after he tried to save you." Chris looked at her with narrowed eyes as he sat up as well.

"Oh please, I didn't ask for your stupid men to come and save me. I could've handled this myself." She crossed her arms.

"Save your bickering for another day, your tests came back and it looks like you guys are good. You guys were both knocked out for 2 days and thankfully you're more recovered than when we first saved you." A boy with brown hair walked in with a clipboard and looked at Artemis. "I'm Minho, the boy you scared off was Jeongin and the one who treated your wounds was Seungmin."

Artemis turned away as he acknowledged her, she hated this situation. What the fuck was she doing here? Why would they save her?

"I asked them to keep you alive." Chris broke the silence which made her whip her head to glare at him.

"What? Why the hell would you do that?" She began to get up but instantly felt her legs give out so she fell back on the bed.

"Woah, Artemis don't move." Minho rushed to her side and she pushed him away.

"Get away from me! I don't like it when people touch me!" She spat.

"You'll hurt yourself— Artemis calm down." Chris got up with his arm in a cast and got to stand next to her. "I want you to be apart of my team."

What the hell?

"Fuck no." Artemis shot him a dirty look. "And if your plan was to kill me if I said no, go ahead I don't care!"

Chris chuckled before placing his hand on her chin to bring her closer to his face. "Oh darling, it wasn't a question."

• • •

"Fuck." The next morning was so draining.

I couldn't get up. I felt sick.

"Ulani?" Hyunjin woke up and sat up as I got off the bed.

"I feel a bit sick." I groaned and rubbed my head.

"Sick as in a cold or sick as in you feel like throwing up?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes and got up to stand next to me.

"As in a cold, I feel weak." I looked at him with sleepy eyes.

"Stay in bed, I'll get you some medicine." Hyunjin said before leaving the room to find the medicine.

I smiled softly at him before getting back in bed, I was happy he was there for me when no one else was.

I checked the time and saw it was 7 in the morning, school starts in 40 minutes but I don't feel like going.

"Open wide." Hyunjin fed me the medicine in a spoon, I followed his words as I opened my mouth and felt the bitter medicine flow down my throat.

I coughed after I swallowed and looked at Hyunjin who was sat on the side of my bed with a concerned look.

"You don't have to go to school, you know the kids will give you their notes." Hyunjin smiled. "Also, your mom's already at work so I'll get ready for school."

Hyunjin was about to get up but I hold his wrist back, he looked back surprised.

"Please don't leave me," I begged. "I don't want to be alone."

"I'll get someone to take care of you, I promise." He smiled before I let him walk away.

I was too tired to protest, I just needed to sleep more.

I could feel my nose feeling congested, why the hell did I get sick?

• • •

"Hey, you're finally awake." I freeze as I stepped down the stairs of my house.

I quickly turned to the kitchen and see the one person I'd hate to see in all my misery.

"Chan." I breathed out and rolled my eyes as I entered the kitchen and sit on the island. "I'm guessing Hyunjin called?"

"You know after last night I didn't think you'd catch a cold, but I made you some soup and hot chocolate." Chan said as he served me a bowl.

"You really didn't have to." I murmured before eating the soup.

"I wanted to, well Hyunjin actually called Seungmin while we were on our way to school and I overhead... Somehow I was able to be here." Chan chuckled before sitting down and looking at me. "Are you feeling better?"

"Chan, listen... You're probably a great guy, I appreciate that you're nice and sort of respect my boundaries but I'm in no rush to be closer to you. I'm only letting you stay because I know Hyunjin wouldn't want me to kick you out." I confessed. "And for once I'll be honest, I don't want to be near you because you scare me. There's something off about you and I know the boys don't see it but I do."

Chan looked at me with furrowed eyebrows before breaking out into a large grin, he threw his head back as laughter erupted from his chest.

"Ulani, you're funny." He laughed as he tried to contain himself. "Something off? What— Do you think I'm some sort of killer or something?"

I frowned as the boy laughed at my words, he didn't seem to mind my suspicion.

He was totally calm.

I hated that I couldn't break him, why wasn't he normal? Why couldn't he run away like the other guys at school?

Its revolting!

"You're pretty cute for that." His laughs began to die down. "I mean I could be a stalker for all you know, at least you're aware of your surroundings. But, no Ulani— I'm not a bad person. I just want to make new friends and survive my highschool year here."

"Why did you even transfer here? Why can't you just go back to where you came from?" I glared.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Chan threw his hands up in defense. "If you're going to sit here and eat my soup, not tell me about yourself more, and insist that I'm the bad guy yet you want me to answer your questions... That's a little unfair."

"I— I really don't like you." I crossed my arms. "You're going to try to trick me."

"You have such a fighting spirit... You remind me of someone.. Very familiar." Chan noticed as he looked down to think.

"Like who?" I questioned as I stared at him curiously.

He was very familiar too and he reminded me of someone, but who?

"Whatever, it doesn't matter." Chan shook his head before standing up. "Finish up and I'll be on my way back home—"

"Please, don't go." I interrupted him which made him look at me with confused eyes. "I don't want to be alone.. My mom doesn't come home until 11 at night.. I would call Hyunjin but I feel like I annoy him a lot since he's always been the person I called."

"Does that mean you're beginning to trust me?" Chan smirked.

"No! I— Well— Never mind!" I shook my head.

"Hey." Chan placed his hand on my arm. "I can stay for longer if thats what you want, we could watch a movie."

I felt my heart beat really fast as his touch lingered on my arm, he was very gentle and knee what to say. God, I felt like I was having mood swings.

"Thank you." I snap out of my trance before finishing up my bowl and taking the hot chocolate with me to the living room.

And after that I knew things would change.